Chocolate lovers prepare yourselves. Martini lovers prepare yourselves. Because boy do I have one boozy, chocolatey martini for you! And just in time for New years……what a coincidence………Not! This chocolate drink is one of Mrs. Mooney’s creations. She made it years ago for my mom (the ultimate chocoholic, but also the biggest light weight!) on New Year Eve. [...]
Ok, so originally this post was going to be vegan chocolate cupcakes…….. But then the coconut rum showed up……..at 10:30 am. (Yeah, people around here are having a good time. All I keep hearing is “I am on vacation……dont judge”) And something in my head just said, put this in a cupcake. Now! Honestly, I [...]
Twenty one. That is our new head count………… for the next eleven days. Eight have arrived. Seven more to go. If you remember last Wednesday I said we would have a total of seventeen people in our house over Christmas. Well that seventeen has now turned into twenty one. So to summarize, that would now be [...]
Fudge! Is there really only 4 days till Christmas? I would love to say I am ready, but let’s be honest I have not wrapped one gift. Nor have I made or planned one item on our Christmas menu. Somehow I got myself signed up to make Christmas cookies for like… everyone. Teachers, siblings, UPS [...]
Trust me, my Aunt Katie was an amazing aunt, mom, teacher, friend, and wife. She was actually kind of crazy, but in the best way possible. What came out of this girl’s mouth was down right funny and a good part of the time inappropriate for anyone under the age of 16. Every time a [...]
Do the math, eight + nine = Yes, seventeen. What is this number you ask? Seventeen is the number of people that will be in our house from Christmas day to January 2nd. That would be 8 days, 17 people, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and one kitchen table that seats 8. It being the holiday’s [...]
These happened by mistake. If you follow me on instagram or twitter you know that it is snowing like crazy up here in my little mountain town (seriously, it looks like Whooville around here!), and that we have a huge tree in the middle of our kitchen, and that I was having a rough day in the kitchen on Sunday. I [...]
Who does not love a good lasagna? I mean whether you are a meat eater, veggie hater, veggie lover, vegetarian, gluten free or vegan there is probably a lasagna out there for you. This recipe is kind of a weird one, but I promise in a totally good way! I never thought that using creamy polenta [...]
Something pretty awesome happened over the weekend. I made roasted, salted, pecan butter and then I covered it with chocolate to make some pretty awesome truffles. Well, actually I am not sure it is really a truffle. More like chocolate covered pecan butter balls, but I just really like the word truffle. It sounds fancy…….and [...]
I promise I am not obsessed with candy canes. Really, I promise. I just happened to be obsessed with Christmas, that’s all. Before we moved to Colorado, we lived in a normal civilized town were kids go to school (like all day 7:45-3:15), malls within 15 miles, and Einstein Bagels. The last Christmas we were in [...]
Ho Ho Ho Last week it was Rudolph and this week it is Santa! I know I am a Christmasaholic. Get over it. You know you love it to! You simply cannot have reindeer without Santa. And I know, there are all kinds of Santa Christmas cookies all beautifully decorated with royal icing. But Honestly, [...]
Remember when I made Fluffy Snickerdoodles? And there was actually no chocolate! In or on top! And they were insanely addicting! Well, I had intended to do the same with these snickerdoodle muffins, but then the ganache thing happened. Not just any ganache, Kahlua Chocolate Ganache. See I was having a grand old-time on this [...]
Buttery crackers, eggs, cheese, asparagus, and bacon. And mmm, more cheese. YUM. Before my family moved to Colorado, every Christmas Eve ( and I mean every Christmas Eve. My mom has done this as long as I can remember) my mom would have a huge party for my dad’s side of the family. This meant [...]
I live in a small town. I mean not that small, but small enough to not be able to find sesame crackers, sesame sticks or sesame anything for that matter! Anywhere! Actually I take that back, occasionally I find a box at target. But that is it, just one box! I know, crazy right? So I wiped away [...]
Santa. Your reindeer taste so good. In the form of a super moist, super chocolatey cupcake. Of course, Rudolph and his friends are covered in whipped chocolate frosting that tastes almost mousse like and then decorated with chocolate covered pretzels, mini Nilla Wafers and M&Ms. Seriously, I never knew Reindeer could taste so good! Honestly though these are [...]
So I bake. Like a lot. Maybe more than I cook. Probably way too much, for the normal person that is. There are a lot of us in this house (but you already know this). We like our chocolate (again, I am sure you have figured this out by now). Creaming butter, whipping cream, melting [...]
Visions of candy canes danced in my head….. Literally! I was hiking the other day thinking about food……. and Christmas……… of course. When honestly visions of candy cane cinnamon rolls popped into my thoughts. Umm, is this weird that I think about candy cane cinnamon rolls as I am hiking? Ah yeah, I thought so. [...]
I cannot take credit for this recipe. Nope this is what my family calls a Mrs. Mooney recipe. And no one will ever be able to make it as good as she does. She just has the touch. Something no one else can replicate, though we all try. Mrs. Mooney is family friend, she is [...]
